Portrait of Sergei Studennikov & family

Rank #1895

Sergei Studennikov & family

Net worth $2.2B

Liquor stores, supermarkets · Russia

Born
Mar 24, 1967
Age
59
Source
Liquor stores, supermarkets
Residence
Moscow
Citizenship
Russia
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Technology, Satka Mining and Ceramics College

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Sergei Studennikov is founder of the Krasnoye & Beloye (Red & White) chain of self-service liquor stores, the largest liquor retailer in Russia.
  • In 2019, he merged it with the Dixy supermarket chain owned by billionaires Igor Kesaev and Sergei Katsiev to form Mercury Retail Group Limited.
  • Mercury Retail, in which he and his wife have a 49% stake, is the leading alcohol retailer in Russia with 15,000 stores.
  • Mercury postponed its much anticipated IPO after Putin invaded Ukraine.
  • In the 1990s, Studennikov founded a company that distributed vodka, beer and tobacco. He opened his first Red & White store in Kopeysk in 2006.